We've had incredibly huge obstacles in our way - no tapes, no royalties, no cooperation on any level - and we sort it out.

Skepticism is only a time-based reality, and as an ultimate reality, it's always wrong, because everything always happens.

In reality, there's a limit to putting a record out yourself. When it comes to working with major record companies in the context of them owning anything, though, that will never happen. Ever. In my life.

I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general.

A lot of people at my school could play the "Stairway to Heaven" guitar solo, but they couldn't play three chords of a Ramones song if their life depended on it because they didn't have the strength or ability to do it. But all I did was practice that, and the style that I eventually fell into is more focused than people would actually imagine.

The French were always masters at mid-range. And I like the attitude.

I buy magazines. I'm not floating around in my own universe. I'm interested in everything.